Some common causes of brown patches on your lawn include drought stress, dog urine, disease, or burning from too much sun or fertilizers. Armyworm caterpillars are a less common culprit.

Pasture/Hay Fields at Risk From Mississippi to Tennessee, farmers are battling armyworms, and it’s often pastures and lawns attracting pest, which is causing widespread damage in areas.

One of the African Armyworms spotted in the Klipdrift area near Fochville this week. Photo: Supplied The pest African Armyworms (called Kommando wurms in Afrikaans) was spotted in our area this week.

[File, Standard] National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has assured farmers in western Kenya that genetically modified (GMO) maize is resistant to fall armyworms. The state agency said GM maize is ...